1820.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 71.

prietors respectively, of that particular part of the said branch,
unto the said directors, at three equal payments, one third of
which to be paid in four months after the commencement of said
ditch or drain, one third in eight months, and the remaining one
third in twelve months.

Penalty for ne-
glecting payment
of their proporti-

on.

4. And be it enacted, That in case the said proprietors, or any
of them, shall not pay to the said directors, his, her or their
respective proportion of any sum of money fixed and apportioned
by the said directors, for the purpose of opening, cutting, clean-
sing or repairing the said ditch or drain, to be imposed as afore-
said, within thirty days after demand of the same by the said
directors, it shall and may be lawful for the said directors, or any
one of them, to collect the proportion due from such delinquent
proprietor or proprietors, by distress and public sale of any
goods or chattels of such proprietor or proprietors, which shall
be found on his. her, or their part of the said branch, or any of
his, her, or their land adjoining thereto, of which sale, five days
notice, (excluding the days of notice and sale) shall he given,
which said sale shall be for current money; or if the said directors,
or a majority of them, shall think fit, they may raise the money
due as aforesaid from such delinquent proprietor or proprietors,
by making a lease of the whole, or any part of the said branch
or adjoining upland, belonging to such delinquent proprietor or
proprietors, for any term not exceeding five years, and disposing
of the said lease for the best price in current money that can be
had for the same, at public sale, and on the same notice as is be-
fore directed, and if there shall be any overplus of money
raised by distress, or lease and sale as aforesaid, remaining in
the hands of said directors, after paying the proportion of the
said proprietor or proprietors in arrear as aforesaid, and the ex-
penses of the distress and sale or lease, as aforesaid, the said
overplus shall be returned to the said proprietor or proprietors to

Proviso.

whom it belongs; Provided always, that if any proprietor or pro-
prietors, from whom any arrears shall be due as aforesaid, shall
be under the age of twenty-one years, it shall not be lawful for
the said directors, during the infancy of such proprietor or pro-
prietors, to raise the said arrears, or any part thereof, by dis-
tress and sale of personal property as aforesaid.

Directors to pro-
duce accounts of
receipts and ex-
penditures.

5. And be it enacted. That the directors to be chosen in virtue
of this act, and each of them, shall, at the expiration of the. year
for which they shall he chosen, produce to the proprietors a lull
and fair account of the money received by them, and each of them,
and from whom received, and how expended, and shall pay the
balance, if any remaining in his or their hands, to directors to
be chosen for the next year; and in case any of the said directors
shall misapply or refuse to pay over as aforesaid, any sum or
sums of money to he received in virtue of this act, it shall and
may bo lawful for the proprietors of the said branch, or a ma-
jority of them, to nominate and appoint one of the said proprie-
tors for the purpose of asking, demanding, recovering, and in
case of refusal, suing for and recovering from the said director
or directors, such sum or sums of money misapplied or refused
to be paid over as aforesaid, in which said suit or suits, to he
brought in virtue of this act, it shall and may be lawful for the